Thus Speaks Mother Simorq
Azadeh Azad
(Author)
Description
In this collection of short stories, we follow a Persian mythological bird woman, Mother Simorq, who appears in many stories as a wise woman or a nanny. We read about teenage girls experiencing their coming of age within authoritarian or male-dominated environments and one little girl facing questions of life and death. We enter the world of a woman who transgresses oppressive social norms to be free and the nightmare of another one who has to commit murder to save her children. We see how women lost their power in human society as we read about a handful of symbolic characters interacting in a magical land. Finally, we revisit Sudaba, a mythical queen, as a contemporary Iranian woman in Canada, who loves her step-son like a traditional mother and pays heavily for her son-worshiping complex.
Product Details
Price
$18.16
$16.89
Publisher
FriesenPress
Publish Date
June 08, 2018
Pages
282
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.5 X 0.64 inches | 0.79 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781525528156
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Azadeh Azad is an Iranian-Canadian writer, poet and artist residing in Montréal, Québec. She is also a sociologist (Ph.D.) from Université de Montréal and a trained psychotherapist / art therapist.